different between spa vs sapa

English

Etymology 1

The term is derived from the name of the Belgian town of Spa, where since medieval times illnesses caused by iron deficiency were treated by drinking chalybeate (iron-bearing) spring water. In 16^th century England the old Roman ideas of medicinal bathing were revived at towns like Bath, and in 1571 William Slingsby who had been to the Belgian town (which he called Spaw) discovered a chalybeate spring in Yorkshire. He built an enclosed well at what became known as Harrogate, the first resort in England for drinking medicinal waters, then in 1596 Dr. Timothy Bright called the resort The English Spaw, beginning the use of the word Spa as a generic description rather than as the place name of the Belgian town. At first this term referred specifically to resorts for water drinking rather than bathing, but this distinction was gradually lost and many spas offer external remedies.

There are various stories about the origin of the name. A Belgian spring of iron-bearing water was called Espa from the Walloon term for "fountain", and was used in 1326 as a cure by an iron master with such success that he founded a health resort that developed into the town, though it has been suggested that this term may be derived from the name of the resort. Some have suggested that the town's name can be ultimately sourced from Latin spargere (“to scatter, sprinkle, or moisten”), though this derivation is problematic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sp??/
  • (UK, obsolete) IPA^(key): /?sp??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sp?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?sp??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

spa (plural spas)

1. A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
2. A trendy or fashionable resort.
3. A health club.
4. A hot tub.

Synonyms

• health club
• resort

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• caldarium
• pump room

Etymology 2

Shortened form of spastic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spæ/

Noun

spa (plural spas)

1. (Ireland, slang) A clumsy person (see spastic)
2. (Ireland, slang) An idiot
3. (Ireland, slang) A gobshite

Anagrams

• APS, APs, ASP, PAS, PAs, PSA, Pas, Psa., SAP, asp, pas, s.ap., sap

Dutch

Etymology 1

From earlier spade, from Middle Dutch spade, from Old Dutch *spado, from Proto-Germanic *spadô.

Alternative forms

• spade

Noun

spa m (plural spaden, diminutive spaatje n)

1. spade

Etymology 2

From the Spa brand of mineral water, which originates from the Belgian town of Spa. The compound spawater is attested as early as the 17th century, however.

Noun

spa m (plural spa's, diminutive spaatje n)

1. mineral water

Etymology 3

From earlier spade, from Middle Dutch spade, from Old Dutch *sp?di, from Proto-Germanic *sp?diz. Cognate with German spät.

Alternative forms

• spade

Adjective

spa (comparative spader, superlative spaadst)

1. (obsolete) late

Inflection

Synonyms

• laat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• spada
• spade

Etymology

From the noun spade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp??/

Verb

spa (present tense spar, past tense spadde, past participle spadd or spadt, present participle spadande, imperative spa)

1. to use a spade or shovel, to dig, to shovel

References

• “spa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa/

Noun

spa f (plural spe)

1. sword

Portuguese

Noun

spa m (plural spas)

1. spa (health resort near a spring)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English spa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?pa/, [es?pa]

Noun

spa f (plural spas)

1. spa

   Synonym: balneario

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sapa.

Noun

sapa (uncountable)

1. A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.

See also

• carenum
• defrutum

Anagrams

• AAPS, AAPs, APAs, ASAP, PAAs, PaaS, asap

Ainu

Alternative forms

• sapaha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sà?pá/

Noun

sapa (Kana spelling ??)

1. (anatomy) head

Balinese

Romanization

sapa

1. Romanization of ??
2. Romanization of ??

Bikol Central

Verb

sapâ

1. to chew, to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /sa?p??/

Noun

sapa

1. A river.
2. A creek.

Cuyunon

Noun

sapa

1. creek

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

sapa

1. stream; creek

Ese

Noun

sapa

1. bubble; foam

Finnish

Etymology

Related to Estonian saba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?p?/, [?s??p?]
• Rhymes: -?p?
• Syllabification: sa?pa

Noun

sapa

1. (dialectal) tail of an animal (more specifically the solid part of a tail)

Declension

Anagrams

• asap, aspa

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.pa/
• Homophones: sapas, sapât

Verb

sapa

1. third-person singular past historic of saper

Italian

Etymology

From Latin sapa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa.pa/

Noun

sapa f (plural sape)

1. A reduction of must (syrup) in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.

Alternative forms

• saba

Javanese

Pronoun

sapa

1. who

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sap?, from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (“to taste”). Compare the English cognate sap.

Noun

sapa f (genitive sapae); first declension

1. A reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? Albanian: shap
• Catalan: saba
• French: sève
• Galician: seiva, saiba
• Italian: sapa
• Occitan: saba, sap, sapa
• Piedmontese: sava, seiva
• Spanish: savia

References

• sapa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sapa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sapa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sapa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Mamanwa

Noun

sapa

1. water

References

• Studies in Philippine Linguistics, volume 2 (1978), section on Mamanwa, pages 81-82

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sapa/

Noun

sapa f (plural sape)

1. hoe

Quechua

Adjective

sapa

1. every, each, any
2. alone, only, unique, one and only

See also

• sapay
• sapa inka

Noun

sapa

1. (grammar) singular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sapa/, [?sa.pa]

Etymology 1

Feminine form of sapo (“toad”).

Noun

sapa f (plural sapas, masculine sapo, masculine plural sapos)

1. female equivalent of sapo; a female toad or peeper

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sapa.

Noun

sapa f (plural sapas)

1. a reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine, made by boiling down grape juice or must in large kettles until reduced to a third of the original volume

Further reading

• “sapa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *sapaq (“stream; river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sapa?/, [?s?p??]
• Hyphenation: sa?pa

Noun

sapà

1. small stream; rivulet; brook; creek

Waray-Waray

Noun

sapâ

1. brook; rivulet; creek

Yámana

Noun

sapa

1. blood